TABLE.2 - STATUS RESPONSES |
Status |
What does it mean? |
Suggested Action |
Can I still nominate? |
2.1 APPROVED (A) |
Totally Approved |
Everything looks okay, it is a good entry, and it is nominated successfully. |
Wait for results. |
No. Already Nominated. |
Not Yet Nominated |
Everything looks okay, it is a good entry, but it is not nominated. |
Nominate your design. |
Yes, encouraged. |
Description Should Be Improved |
Although your images look good, the description for your design is missing or needs improvements. |
Update description and nominate. |
Yes, encouraged. |
Visualization Should Be Improved |
Although the project is unique and appealing, visualization and presentation for your design could be improved. |
Update visuals and nominate. |
Yes, encouraged. |
Presentation Should Be Improved |
Although the project is unique and appealing, visualization and description of your design could be improved. |
Update visuals, description and nominate. |
Yes, encouraged. |
However.. There is.. |
Read the note suggested by the award jury, depending on note you might be required to update specific sections of your entry. |
Read and follow jury feedback. |
Yes, encouraged. |
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2.2 QUEUED FOR REVIEW (Q) |
Queued for review. |
A preliminary jury member will check it soon after you enter enough information and upload visuals. |
Update visuals and text. |
Yes. |
Express Judging. |
A preliminary jury member will check the entry very soon before passing to the award jury. |
Improve Score. |
No. Already Nominated |
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2.3 AWAITING FURTHER ACTION (W) |
Submission Lacking Description |
The descriptive text is missing. |
Update description. |
Yes. |
Submission Lacking Images |
There are not any images uploaded. |
Upload images. |
Not Advised. |
Submission Lacking Video |
The video is missing. Note: Video is optional for other categories and this is indicated usually for interactive categories. |
Upload video. |
Not Advised. |
Submission Lacking Link |
The link or URL is missing. Note: Link or URL is optional for most categories and this is indicated usually for interactive works.. |
Indicate url of link. |
Not Advised. |
Incomplete Submission |
There are not any images uploaded and the descriptive text is missing. |
Upload images and update description. |
Not Advised. |
Presentation Requires Improvement |
Your presentation is not good. Download and follow presentation guidelines. |
Download and follow presentation guidelines. |
Yes. |
Presentation Requires Optimization |
Your presentation is not great. Follow the hints suggested by the Advanced Submission Optimizer. |
Optimize design. |
Yes. |
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2.4 REJECTED (R1) - CLASS.1 - POTENTIAL RISK OF ELIMINATION |
Incorrect Image Dimensions |
The image you uploaded does not have the correct dimensions. |
Upload images in correct dimensions. |
Yes. |
Low Image Quality |
The images you uploaded is either low-resolution or needs better visualization. |
Upload high-resolution images. |
Yes. |
Additional Images Needed |
The main image is not enough to communicate your design. |
Upload additional images. |
Yes. |
Bad Description |
The description text must be changed due to one of the following reasons: 1. Your description consists of html code, 2. Your description consists of non-readable text. 3. Your description is in a foreign language. |
Update descriptive text. |
Yes. |
Unclean Image |
The images you have uploaded contains watermarks, logos or texts that are not part of the original design. |
Modify your visuals. |
Yes. |
Wrong Category |
Your design does not match the category selection. |
Choose correct category. |
Yes. |
Document Needed |
Please upload required documents for your submission category. |
Upload documents. |
Yes. |
Incorrect Language |
Your design contains non-English text. |
Update texts in English. |
Yes. |
Dark Image |
Your image is too dark. |
Upload lighter image. |
Yes. |
Images Contain Text |
Your visuals contain text. |
Remove text and reupload. |
Yes. |
White Background Required |
Your images do not have white background. |
Clean background and reupload. |
Yes. |
Center Objects |
Your subjects are not centered to the canvas. |
Center and reupload. |
Yes. |
Professional Photography Needed |
Your photography quality is low. |
Work with a photographer. |
Yes. |
Move Technical Drawings |
Your images contain technical drawings. |
Replace technicals with other images. |
Yes. |
Zoom Out Slightly |
Your subjects are too close. |
Zoom out. |
Yes. |
Zoom In Slightly |
Your subjects are too far away. |
Zoom in. |
Yes. |
Crowded Main Image |
Your main image is a collage. |
Use a single image. |
Yes. |
Remove Borders |
Your images contain borders. |
Remove borders. |
Yes. |
Colors Too Saturated |
Image colors are too saturated. |
Destaurate and reupload. |
Yes. |
Remove or Reduce Shadows |
Your subject or object has (fake) shadow. |
Reduce or remove shadow. |
Yes. |
Remove or Reduce Reflections |
Your subject or object has (fake) reflections. |
Reduce or remove reflections. |
Yes. |
Increase Brightness and Contrast |
Your images are dark and not sharp. |
Increase Brightness and Contrast. |
Yes. |
Presentation is Too Technical |
Your presentation is too technical. |
Make it aesthetic and visual. |
Yes. |
Images Oversaturated |
Your images are too bright. |
Decrease light. |
Yes. |
Center Objects |
Your objects are not centered to the canvas. |
Center and reupload. |
Yes. |
Duplicate Images |
You uploaded the same image for multiple image slots. |
Use unique images for each slot. |
Yes. |
Rendering Needs Improvement |
Your rendering quality is low. |
Get help from a renderer. |
Yes. |
Insufficient Textual Description |
You did not provide enough background information for your design. |
Fill all optional texts and provide more information. |
Yes. |
Incorrect Resolution |
Resolution of your images are not set as 72DPI. |
Use image processor and set DPI as 72. |
Yes. |
Bad Naming |
When your name and primary function is glued and put together, it does not make sense or is too long. |
Fix design name and primary function texts. |
Yes. |
Ambiguous Description |
Your text does not make enough sense for us to understand what you are talking about. |
Use clean language and explain design properly. |
Yes. |
Isolation Required |
Some of your images are blending to background. |
Isolate your work on clean white background. |
Yes. |
Grayscale Images |
Your images are grayscale. (Exception: Photography Category) |
Do not upload grayscale images, use all colors. |
Yes. |
Remove Logo |
You have placed additional logo graphics to your presentation. |
Remove all logos that are not part of original design. |
Yes. |
Rotate Images |
Your images are not straight. |
Rotate images back and make them straight. |
Yes. |
Repeating Text |
You have repeated text. You have repeated text. You have repeated text. |
Do not repeat text. |
Yes. |
Remove Marks |
Your design presentation contains elements that are not part of your design. |
Remove logo, symbol, marks from your presentation. |
Yes. |
Sensitive Information in Images |
You have included technical drawings or other data in your images that should not be included. |
Remove technical data and images to PDF document. |
Yes. |
Action Shots Needed |
You need to show how your design works by a photo that shows how the design is being used. |
Take a photo of your product while being used by a person. |
Yes. |
Ambient Shots Needed |
You need to show where your design is used. |
Take a photo of your product in the area of destined use. |
Yes. |
Remove Filters |
Your design have image filters that reduce quality and clarity. |
Remove image filters. |
Yes. |
Rest on Ground |
Your products are magically floating in the air. (Exception: actual flying objects such as drones, planes etc). |
Rest your products on ground. |
Yes. |
Flat Colors |
Your colors (usually in reference to photographs) lack contrast. |
Introduce contrast to your images. |
Yes. |
Dirty or Dusty |
Your product shots look dirty and dustry. |
Clean your product before taking photos. |
Yes. |
White Balance Required |
Your white background is not white; it is pink, blue or greenish. |
Adjust white balance of your images. |
Yes. |
Concealed Category Warning |
You have entered your work to a concealed category. |
Make sure to double check category. |
Yes. |
Remove Overlay Elements |
Your presentation contains additional graphic work that is not part of your designs such as arrows, vectors, texts, symbols. |
Remove all elements that are not part of original design. |
Yes. |
Third-Person Narrative Required |
Your text does not comply with editorial guidelines. |
Use third-person narrative for text. |
Yes. |
Detail as Main Image |
You used a detail or macro shot of your product as main image but your whole design or project should be visible for the main image. |
Replace main image with complete view of your design. |
Yes. |
Other Designs as Part of Main Image |
You have some other, third-party designs in your main image that are more prevalent than your own work. |
Zoom to your own design or remove other elements. |
Yes. |
Washed Out Images |
Your images are lacking color contrast and depth. |
Adjust images and increase contrast. |
Yes. |
Artifacts in Images |
You have small visual glitches such as lines, weird pixels edges or graphic elements left in your images. |
Remove all glitches. |
Yes. |
Crowded Optional Images |
Your optional images are cluttered due to cramming many images or content together. |
Use single visual for each optional image. |
Yes. |
Expand Graphic Presentation |
Your graphics presentation is weak. |
Showcase your work in different mediums. |
Yes. |
Center Images |
You should center your images to your canvas, do not position right or left; position middle-center always. |
Center your images vertically and horizontally. |
Yes. |
Move or Replace Sketches |
Your presentation contains rough sketches or initial drawings. |
Remove rough sketches and initial drawings. |
Yes. |
Focus |
Your images are literally - optically focused on an unrelevant detail or background. |
Focus on your work. |
Yes. |
Square Images Highly Suggested |
Your images are not square, but they would work better if they were square. |
Make your images square. |
Yes. |
Remove Thin Borders |
Your images have thin very subtle borders. |
Remove all thin borders. |
Yes. |
Title Case Required |
You used ALL CAPS or lowercase for Design Name, Design Primary Function, Team-Member Names, Image Credits, Book Page & PR Design Name, Book Page & PR Designer Name and Client Name. |
Use Title Case. |
Yes. |
Exterior as Main Image |
For some particular categories, main image must not be an exterior. |
Use interior image as main image instead. |
Yes. |
Images Lacking Dynamic Range |
Your images are lacking dynamic range, overexposed or underexposed. |
Enhance images, retake photos or rerender images with better settings. |
Yes. |
Reduce Perspective |
Your images have perspective distortion and foreshortening. |
Reduce levle of perspective. |
Yes. |
Remove Dimensions and Measures |
Your presentation have an image where there is detailed technical measures, dimensions or size details. |
Move technical details to PDF, replace technical image with an appealing visual. |
Yes. |
Disorganized Main Image |
Your main image which includes several objects or designs is not organized, and rather chaotic. |
Bring order and balance to your main image. |
Yes. |
One Last Image |
Your presentation can benefit from one more image. |
Add one more image. |
Yes. |
Artistic Main Image |
Your main image is too much artistic, but in a negative way; it is an excellent image itself but it is not an excellent image for communicating your work. |
Unless you nominate a work for photography award, use functional images instead. |
Yes. |
Panoramic Main Image |
Your main image is over-panaromic, too wide or too thin, details are hard to see. |
Make sure your image is at least 2400 x 3600 or 3600 x 2400 pixel wide within the 3600 x 3600 pixel canvas. |
Yes. |
Lost in Details |
You focused too much on details such that the greater project is not understandable anymore. |
Zoom out and use wide-angle views. Move details to PDF Document. |
Yes. |
Nudity in Images |
Your images contain nudity or sexuality. |
Censor your images or move nude content or nominate to a concealed category. |
Yes but to Concealed Categories Only. |
Legal Restrictions |
Your product, design or service is a highly restricted product or illegal service in some countries. |
Change category and nominate to a concealed category. |
Yes but to Concealed Categories Only. |
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2.5 REJECTED (R2) - CLASS.2 - MARKED FOR EVENTUAL DISQUALIFICATION |
Socially Inappropriate Image |
The image you uploaded is not appropriate because it is socially not desired. |
Modify or cencor your design |
Not Recommended. |
Corrupt Image |
The image you uploaded cannot be displayed properly. |
Re-upload your images. |
Not Recommended. |
Wrong Image |
You have uploaded a wrong image or possibly you have entered the descriptions of a different design or uploaded the image of another design, or the category of the work does not match with the selected one. |
Replace existing images. |
Not Recommended. |
Multiple Design Confusion |
You have submitted multiple designs or projects as a single entry. You can either submit these distinct designs under different categories or remove the other designs from the submission and leave the main image only. |
Remove some of the designs from the single entry. |
Not Recommended. |
Licensed |
The design you have entered either is very similar to a licensed or previously patented or copyrighted design, product or idea. |
Delete your submission or modify your design to make it distinct. |
Not Recommended. |
Unclear Design |
We cannot understand your design from the images you have uploaded and description you have provided. |
Clarify your design with images and text. |
Not Recommended. |
Spam Submission |
Your submission appears to be spam. |
Delete your submission. |
Not Recommended. |
Identifiable |
Your design is identifiable; the name of the designer or the company is clearly seen. |
Remove Logo and Texts from images. |
Not Recommended. |
Main Image Missing |
Your entry is missing the main image. |
Upload Main Image. |
Not Recommended. |
No Weapons |
You have uploaded weapons. |
Delete your submission. |
Not Recommended. |
Copyright Issues |
You have uploaded images that incorporate third party intellectual properties. |
Remove third-party intellectual properties. |
Not Recommended. |
Duplicate Presentation |
You have uploaded the same design multiple times using similar images. |
Change your presentation or design. |
Not Recommended. |
Incorrect Image Type |
The images you have uploaded are not Jpeg files. |
Upload 72DPI Jpeg images. |
Not Recommended. |
Too Bright Idea |
You uploaded blank white images. |
Remove blank white images. |
Not Recommended. |
Model Release Agreement Missing |
You have people in visuals, but a model release agreement is not presented. |
Remove people images or upload model release agreement. |
Not Recommended. |
Images Distorted |
Your images are distorted or not proportionally resized. |
Fix your images and re-upload. |
Not Recommended. |
Trademark-Use Permission Missing |
You have trademarks, logos or brand names in your images or text for which you have no right to use. |
Provide trademark-use permission. |
Not Recommended. |
Dangerous |
Your design is dangerous or does not have security features or considerations. |
Delete your entry or make your design safer. |
Not Recommended. |
Dummy Submission |
Your entry is a placeholder. |
Replace placeholder content. |
Not Recommended. |
Out of Brief Scope |
Your entry does not comply with brief requirements or category requirements. |
Change category or change design. |
Not Recommended. |
Remove A' Design Award Content |
Your entry contains A' Design Award logo, graphics or other intellectual properties. |
Remove A' Design Award content from your entry. |
Not Recommended. |
Certification Required |
Your entry is making scientific or performance claims for which a certification is not provided. |
Provide certification or remove claims. |
Not Recommended. |
No Politics |
Your entry is designed for advancing a political agenda. (Exception to this is Social Design Category). |
Remove political content. |
Not Recommended. |
No Celebrity Content |
Your entry have celebrity photos or content for which you have no right to use. |
Provide license or model release by celebrity or remove work. |
Not Recommended. |
Copyright Affidavit Missing |
Your entry contains content that seems to belong to third-parties. |
Provide affidavit that the content is yours, provide invoices and licenses or remove content. |
Not Recommended. |
Protected Intellectual Property |
Your design is based on a third-party intellectual property. |
Delete your entry. |
Not Recommended. |
Remove Filler Images |
Your presentation contains filler images. |
Delete or replace filler images. |
Not Recommended. |
Nudity in Images |
You have selected a public category but have nude images in your presentation. |
Remove nudes to PDF or delete them, alternatively nominate to Concealed Category. |
Not Recommended. |
Paraphrase or Fix Text |
Your descriptive text does not make sense, wrongfully translated or incoherent. |
Get help from a native English speaker or translator. |
Not Recommended. |
Underdeveloped |
Your conceptual design is too vague for evaluation. |
Submit more developed, improved version. |
Not Recommended. |
Weak Visual Presentation |
Your visual presentation is very weak. |
Improve visual representation. |
Not Recommended. |
Special Characters |
Your textual description contains special input, unicode text, nonprintable ASCII or html entities. |
Remove special characters first. For your texd, use printable latin ASCII range only. |
Not Recommended. |
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2.6 REJECTED (R3) - CLASS.3 - INELIGIBLE / AUTO DISQUALIFICATION |
Already Submitted |
You have already nominated the design under a different entry. |
Do not nominate, but you can keep it. |
No. Already Nominated. |
Duplicate Entry |
You have submitted the exact same design or images as a seperate entry. |
Remove duplicate presentation first. |
Not Recommended. |
Account Type Restricted Naming |
You are using company, brand or institutional name but you have a professional or young account type. |
Update your account type or remove references to company names. |
No. Will be either disqualified or fined. |